Win: Braden St James (9-9) Loss: Dock Ellis (12-3)
Inning: 1 Los Angeles Dock Ellis pitching. Farmer Russell flies out to the center fielder. Billy Staggs triples. Hector Rodriguez strikes out. Ed Bell singles to left field. Billy Staggs scores. Joe Williams walks. Lou Holloway triples. Ed Bell scores. Joe Williams scores. Rick Rhoden comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Greg Hill bunts for a base hit. Lou Holloway scores. Joe Conlan reached on a 2-base throwing error by Rick Rhoden. Braden St James grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Braden St James pitching. Lednier Molinet strikes out. Mike Easler singles to center field. Ed Ott grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Mike Easler advances to second on the play. Damon Giles singles to right field. Mike Easler scores. Lou Martin hits an infield single to the shortstop. Sam Evans singles to center field. Damon Giles scores. Lou Martin is thrown out trying to advance to third by the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Los Angeles Farmer Russell singles to right field. Billy Staggs singles to center field. Hector Rodriguez walks. Ed Bell grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Farmer Russell scores. Billy Staggs advances to third on the play. Joe Williams flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Jeff Martinez grounds out to the second baseman. Orlando Merced strikes out. Rick Rhoden grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Los Angeles Lou Holloway lines out to the first baseman. Greg Hill doubles to left field. Joe Conlan doubles to right field. Greg Hill scores. Kent Tekulve comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Braden St James grounds out to the second baseman. Joe Conlan advances to third on the play. Farmer Russell grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Lednier Molinet strikes out. Mike Easler walks. Ed Ott strikes out. Damon Giles flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Los Angeles Billy Staggs flies out to the left fielder. Hector Rodriguez walks. Hector Rodriguez steals second. Ed Bell flies out to the center fielder. Joe Williams flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Lou Martin grounds out to the second baseman. Sam Evans walks. Jeff Martinez strikes out. Orlando Merced flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Los Angeles Lou Holloway grounds out to the third baseman. Greg Hill singles to center field. Greg Hill steals second. Joe Conlan singles to left field. Greg Hill scores. Braden St James lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Farmer Russell bunts for a base hit. Sandy Swift comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states a RP should be immediately pulled when tired. Billy Staggs flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Sandy Swift walks. Lednier Molinet flies out to the left fielder. Mike Easler grounds into a 1-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Los Angeles Hector Rodriguez grounds out to the second baseman. Ed Bell walks. Joe Williams reached on a 2-base fielding error by Damon Giles. Lou Holloway lines out to the second baseman. Greg Hill pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Ed Ott strikes out. Damon Giles walks. Lou Martin pops out to the second baseman. Sam Evans hits a home run. Damon Giles scores. Jeff Martinez strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Los Angeles Joe Conlan doubles to right field. Braden St James lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Farmer Russell grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Billy Staggs walks. Hector Rodriguez grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Orlando Merced grounds out to the shortstop. Sandy Swift strikes out. Lednier Molinet flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Los Angeles Ed Bell grounds out to the shortstop. Joe Williams flies out to the right fielder. Lou Holloway doubles to center field. Greg Hill doubles to right field. Lou Holloway scores. Joe Conlan strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Bill Corbett comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Mike Easler strikes out. Ed Ott grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Damon Giles singles to left field. Lou Martin walks. Sam Evans grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Los Angeles Bill Corbett grounds out to the shortstop. Farmer Russell lines out to the shortstop. Billy Staggs grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Jeff Martinez singles to center field. Orlando Merced grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Jeff Martinez is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Steve Nicosia is pinch hitting for Sandy Swift. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Steve Nicosia grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Orlando Merced is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Passed ball. Steve Nicosia advances to second. Passed ball. Steve Nicosia advances to third. Lednier Molinet grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Los Angeles total runners LOB: 12 Pittsburgh total runners LOB: 6
Game Notes Joe Conlan is injured and is expected to be out 6 days.
Los Angeles Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: C Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Erich Martinez did not respond to coaching in control Bill Hickerson did not respond to coaching in velocity Bert Rigney improves in speed Bud Bush did not respond to coaching in arm Hank Murray did not respond to coaching in 1B
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Wally Flack improves in arm George Kull did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Tony Balas improves in arm Allen Sockalexis improves in range